Method and apparatus for providing watch face using NFC tagging

Abstract

To allow a watch face of a smartwatch to be easily configured or modified so as to match a strap.SOLUTION: A system 100 for providing a watch face using NFC tagging performed by at least one watch face provision server 130 includes: obtaining watch face request information from a user terminal 110 based on uniform resource locator (URL) information corresponding to a strap 121 of a wearable device 120; and providing information about a watch face matching the strap based on the URL information to the user terminal. The URL information is obtained from a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag mounted on the strap via an NFC reader installed in the user terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for providing a watch face using NFC tagging, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for providing a watch face for a wearable device based on information obtained by NFC tagging between a user terminal and a wearable device. [Background technology]

[0002] With the continuous development of intelligent wearable devices, smart watches are becoming popular, and the number of consumers who wear smart watches in their daily lives is gradually increasing. Consumers wear smart watches for various purposes, such as fashion, business, health, and sports, and in response to this, smart watches of various styles are being released one after another.

[0003] Because the watch face of a smart watch is displayed electronically, the design of the smart watch screen can be freely changed, unlike an analog watch. In other words, a smart watch supports the user to manually change the display format of the watch face, and the user can freely change the display content of the watch face, which corresponds to the display part of the smart watch, according to his / her mood, condition, style, etc.

[0004] In addition, a smart watch may be generally composed of a watch body equipped with a display module and a strap connected to the watch body to fix the watch body to a user's wrist. Here, since the strap is generally detachable, a user can select a strap style that matches an outfit, a place, etc., and wear the smart watch.

[0005] However, if the strap style does not match the watch face displayed on the display module of the watch body, the smartwatch will not be recognized as matching that style, so there is a problem that it is inconvenient for a user to reconfigure or change the watch face of the smartwatch every time they change the strap and wear it. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0006] [Patent Document 1] Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1620368 (2016.05.04.) Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0007] In order to solve the above problems, the purpose of this disclosure is to provide a method and device for providing a watch face using NFC tagging.

[0008] In order to solve the above problems, the objective of the present disclosure is to provide a method and apparatus for providing a watch face that matches a strap based on information obtained by NFC tagging.

[0009] In order to solve the above problems, the objective of the present disclosure is to provide a method and apparatus that can provide a watch face that matches a strap only to a user who owns the strap, based on the unique identification information of the strap.

[0010] The problems to be solved by the present disclosure are not limited to the problems described above, and problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure pertains from this disclosure and the accompanying drawings. [Means for solving the problem]

[0011] To achieve the above object, a method for providing a watch face performed by at least one server according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a step of obtaining watch face request information from a user terminal based on URL (uniform resource locator) information corresponding to a strap, and a step of providing information for a watch face matching the strap to the user terminal based on the URL information, wherein the URL information is obtained from an NFC (Near Field Communication) tag mounted on the strap by an NFC reader mounted on the user terminal, and the information for the watch face includes setting information for displaying the watch face on a display of a wearable device connectable to the strap, and the wearable device can be pre-paired with the user terminal.

[0012] Here, the method further includes a step of acquiring unique identification information of the strap from the user terminal, the unique identification information being acquired from the NFC tag mounted on the strap by the NFC reader mounted on the user terminal, and the step of providing the user terminal with information regarding a watch face that matches the strap based on the URL information includes a step of activating a website corresponding to the URL information based on the unique identification information, and the user terminal can acquire the information regarding the watch face that matches the strap through the website.

[0013] Here, the URL information and the unique identification information may be included in different payload fields in tag information acquired from the NFC tag.

[0014] Here, the step of activating the website corresponding to the URL information based on the unique identification information may include the steps of obtaining an activation code corresponding to the URL information from a database of the server, and activating the website corresponding to the URL information based on the activation code and the unique identification information.

[0015] Here, the step of activating a website corresponding to the URL information based on the activation code and the unique identification information includes a step of determining one of a plurality of individual URL information by comparing the activation code and the unique identification information, and a step of providing the determined one individual URL information to the user terminal, and the website can be provided based on the individual URL information.

[0016] Here, the method may further include the steps of acquiring user information including a user identification number from the user terminal, registering user information for the strap based on the user information and the unique identification information, acquiring the user information based on the unique identification information when the watch face request information is reacquired from another user terminal after information for the watch face is provided to the user terminal, acquiring a first identification number from the other user terminal, and activating a website corresponding to the URL information based on the first identification number and the user identification number.

[0017] To achieve the above objective, an electronic device that performs a watch face providing method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes at least one processor and a memory that stores at least one command executed by the at least one processor, and the at least one command is executed to obtain watch face request information from a user terminal based on uniform resource locator (URL) information corresponding to a strap, and to provide information on a watch face matching the strap based on the URL information to the user terminal, the URL information being obtained from a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag mounted on the strap by an NFC reader mounted on the user terminal, and the information on the watch face includes setting information for displaying the watch face on a display of a wearable device that can be connected to the strap, and the wearable device can be pre-paired with the user terminal.

[0018] Here, the at least one command is executed to obtain unique identification information of the strap from the user terminal, the unique identification information being obtained from the NFC tag mounted on the strap by the NFC reader mounted on the user terminal, the at least one command is executed to activate a website corresponding to the URL information based on the unique identification information, and the user terminal can obtain information regarding a watch face matching the strap through the website.

[0019] Here, the URL information and the unique identification information may be included in different payload fields in tag information acquired from the NFC tag.

[0020] Here, the at least one command may be executed to obtain an activation code corresponding to the URL information from a database of the electronic device, and to activate a website corresponding to the URL information based on the activation code and the unique identification information.

[0021] Here, the at least one command is executed to determine one of a plurality of individual URL information by comparing the activation code and the unique identification information, and is executed to provide the determined one of the individual URL information to the user terminal, and the website can be provided based on the individual URL information.

[0022] Here, the at least one command may be executed to obtain user information including a user identification number from the user terminal, to register user information for the strap based on the user information and the unique identification information, and when the watch face request information is re-obtained from another user terminal after information for the watch face is provided to the user terminal, to obtain the user information based on the unique identification information, to obtain a first identification number from the other user terminal, and to activate a website corresponding to the URL information based on the first identification number and the user identification number.

[0023] Each of the various aspects and features of the disclosure set forth in the Summary of the Invention may be defined in the accompanying claims. Combinations of features from the dependent claims may be combined with features of the independent claims as appropriate and not merely as explicitly set out in the claims.

[0024] Furthermore, one or more features selected from any one embodiment described in the present disclosure may be combined with one or more features selected from any other embodiment described in the present disclosure, and such alternative combinations of features may at least partially alleviate one or more technical problems discussed in the present disclosure or at least partially alleviate a technical problem that is discernable by a person of ordinary skill in the art from the present disclosure, and further, such combinations are possible only if the specific combinations or permutations of the embodiment features thus formed would not be understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art to be incompatible.

[0025] In any described example implementations, two or more physically separate components may alternatively be integrated into a single component, if such integration is possible, and if the same functionality is performed by the single component so formed. Conversely, a single component in any embodiment described in this disclosure may alternatively be embodied with two or more separate components that achieve the same functionality, if appropriate.

[0026] It is an object of certain embodiments of the present invention to at least partially overcome, mitigate or eliminate at least one of the problems and / or disadvantages associated with the prior art, and certain embodiments of the present invention are intended to provide at least one of the advantages described below. Effect of the Invention

[0027] According to the present disclosure, a watch face that matches a strap can be easily obtained, and the obtained watch face can be set on a smart watch that is connected to the strap.

[0028] According to the present disclosure, a watch face can be provided based on the unique identification information of the strap, such that only a user who owns the strap can be provided with a matching watch face.

[0029] The effects obtained in the present disclosure are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure pertains from the following description. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0030] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a watch face providing system using NFC tagging according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a wearable device on which a watch face is set according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a terminal constituting a watch face providing system according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a watch face providing server according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. [Diagram 5] 5a and 5b are flowcharts of methods for providing a watch face according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. [Figure 6] 6a and 6b are diagrams for explaining activation of a URL that provides a watch face according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating actions taken when watch face re-request information is obtained according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0031] The present invention can be modified in various ways and can have various embodiments, and a specific embodiment will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to the specific embodiment, and it should be understood that the present invention includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives within the spirit and technical scope of the present invention. In describing each drawing, similar reference numerals are used for similar components.

[0032] Terms such as first, second, A, B, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. These terms are used only to distinguish one component from another. For example, a first component may be named as a second component, and similarly, the second component may be named as a first component, without departing from the scope of the present invention. The term "and / or" includes a combination of multiple associated listed items or any of multiple associated listed items.

[0033] When a component is said to be "coupled" or "connected" to another component, it should be understood that the component may be directly coupled or connected to the other component, but there may be other components in between. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly coupled" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there are no other components in between.

[0034] The terms used in this application are merely used to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. A singular expression includes a plural expression unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to specify the presence of features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification, and should be understood not to preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

[0035] Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. Terms as defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning they have in the context of the relevant art, and should not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly defined in this application.

[0036] Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description of the present invention, the same reference numerals are used for the same components in the drawings to facilitate overall understanding, and duplicate descriptions of the same components will be omitted.

[0037] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a watch face providing system using Near Field Communication (NFC) tagging according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0038] 1, the watch face providing system 100 may represent a system in which a watch face is provided using NFC tagging. In other words, the watch face providing system 100 may represent a system in which a user performs NFC tagging on a strap 121 connected to a wearable device 120 via a user terminal 110, and provides information on a watch face to the user terminal 110 based on information acquired by NFC tagging.

[0039] According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the watch face providing system (100) may include a user terminal (110), a wearable device (120), a strap (121), a watch face providing server (130), a database (131) and a network (140).

[0040] For example, the user terminal (110) may represent a smart phone, a mobile phone, a navigation system, a computer, a notebook computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a PMP (portable multimedia player), or a tablet PC, but may also include, but is not limited to, a fixed terminal embodied in a computing device or a mobile terminal.

[0041] The wearable device 120 may refer to a wearable computing device that can be worn by a user. For example, the wearable device 120 may refer to a smart watch that has a watch shape and can be worn. In the following description, it is assumed that the wearable device is a smart watch, but the scope of the present disclosure is not limited to a smart watch because at least some of the various embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied to other wearable devices such as glasses.

[0042] Referring to Fig. 1, the components of the watch face providing system 100 may be connected through a network 140. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the network 140 refers to a connection structure capable of exchanging information between each node, such as a plurality of terminals and a server, and examples of such networks include, but are not limited to, RF, 3GPP (3rd generation partnership project) network, LTE (long term evolution) network, 5GPP (5rd generation partnership project) network, WIMAX (world interoperability for microwave access) network, Internet, LAN (local area network), Wireless LAN (wireless local area network), WAN (wide area network), PAN (personal area network), Bluetooth (registered trademark) network, NFC network, satellite broadcasting network, analog broadcasting network, DMB (digital multimedia broadcasting) network, etc.

[0043] The specific configuration and actions of the watch face providing system (100) will be described in detail below.

[0044] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a wearable device on which a watch face is configured, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0045] 2, the wearable device (120) may refer to a wearable computing device worn by a user. In the following, for convenience of explanation, a smart watch (200) worn on a wrist is exemplified as the wearable device (120), but the wearable device (120) is not limited to the smart watch (200) and may include any wearable computing device including a display module (210) and an NFC module (220). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the wearable device (120) may include a main body and a strap.

[0046] The main body may refer to a main body that performs general functions of a smart watch. In other words, the main body may be linked to a user terminal and perform various functions such as telling the time and checking the user's health condition. In particular, the main body may include a display module (210) that may display a watch face UI (user interface) screen.

[0047] The strap may refer to a strap-type fastening device that allows the user to wear the main body. The strap may be made of various materials such as leather, stainless steel, silicon, rubber, denim, and synthetic fibers, and may perform the function of fastening the main body to the user's wrist. Here, an NFC (near field communication) module (220) may be embedded in at least one area of ​​the strap.

[0048] The NFC module 220 can be attached to a part of the strap that comes into contact with the user's wrist, or can be attached to a part that does not come into contact with the wrist. That is, the NFC module 220 can be attached to one side of the strap, or can be mounted inside the strap so that it is not visible from the outside.

[0049] For example, the NFC module 220 may include an NFC tag that stores pre-configured information, which can be provided to an electronic device equipped with an NFC reader when the electronic device comes within a certain distance of the NFC tag, and such an arrangement or action of coming within a certain distance can be referred to as tagging.

[0050] For example, the pre-set information may be referred to as NFC tag information, and may include unique identification information of a strap equipped with an NFC tag and URL (uniform resource locator) information for obtaining a watch face matching the strap, but may also include other information. Here, the electronic device equipped with an NFC reader may represent a user terminal (110) described below, but is not limited thereto.

[0051] FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a terminal constituting a watch face providing system according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0052] 3, the watch face providing system includes a user terminal (110), a wearable device (120), and a watch face providing server (130) as components, and the watch face providing method can be performed by transmitting and receiving information between the components. For example, the user terminal (110) and the watch face providing server (130) can transmit and receive information through wired communication or wireless communication, and the user terminal (110) and the wearable device (120) can transmit and receive information through NFC or wireless communication.

[0053] The user terminal (110) may include an NFC module, and the NFC module of the user terminal (110) may include an NFC reader. The NFC reader may tag an NFC tag and read information stored or encoded in the NFC tag, and the user terminal (110) may obtain information pre-set in the NFC tag, i.e., NFC tag information, through the NFC reader.

[0054] The wearable device (120) may include a watch body and a strap, the strap may include an NFC module, and the NFC module included in the strap of the wearable device (120) may include an NFC tag, which, when tagged by an NFC reader, may provide NFC tag information.

[0055] The user terminal (110) can request information on a watch face that matches the strap from the watch face providing server (130) based on the information acquired by NFC tagging, and the watch face providing server (130) can provide the information on the watch face to the user terminal (110). Here, the information on the watch face can include an image of the watch face, and can also include setting information for setting the watch face on the wearable device (120).

[0056] FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a watch face providing server according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0057] As used below, the terms "module", "machine", etc. refer to a unit that processes at least one function or action, and may be embodied in hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software.

[0058] Referring to FIG. 4, the watch face providing server (130) may include a memory (401), a processor (402), a communication unit (403), an input / output interface (404), and a display unit (405).

[0059] The memory (401) may temporarily or permanently store data such as basic programs, application programs, and setting information for the actions of the watch face providing server (130). The memory (401) may include a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), and a permanent mass storage device such as a disk drive, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Such software components may be loaded from the memory (401) and a separate computer-readable recording medium using a drive mechanism. Such separate computer-readable recording medium may include a computer-readable recording medium such as a floppy drive, a disk, a tape, a DVD / CD-ROM drive, and a memory card. According to an embodiment, the software components may be loaded into the memory (401) through a communication unit (403) that is not a computer-readable recording medium. The memory (401) may also provide stored data upon request of the processor (402).

[0060] The processor (402) may control the overall actions of the watch face providing server (130). For example, the processor (402) may control signals to be sent and received through the communication unit (403). The processor (402) may also be configured to process commands of a computer program by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input / output operations. The commands may be provided to the processor (402) by the memory (401) or the communication unit (403). For example, the processor (402) may be configured to execute commands received according to program code stored in a storage device such as the memory (401). For example, the processor (402) may control the watch face providing server (130) to execute actions according to various embodiments described below.

[0061] The input / output interface (404) may be a means for interfacing with an input / output device (not shown). In this case, the input device may be a device such as a keyboard or a mouse, and the output device may be a device such as a display unit for displaying an image. As another example, the input / output interface (404) may be a means for interfacing with a device in which functions for input and output are integrated into one, such as a touch screen. Specifically, when the processor (402) of the watch face providing server (130) processes a command of a computer program loaded in the memory (401), a service screen or content configured using data provided by the server may be displayed on a display through the input / output interface (404). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the input / output interface (404) may include a means for interfacing with a display unit (405). The input / output interface (404) may receive a user's input to a web browsing window displayed on the display unit (405), and may receive output data from the output data processor (402) that outputs the input through the display unit (405) in response to the user's input.

[0062] The display unit (405) refers to a display module including one or more displays. Each of the one or more displays included in the display unit (405) can display independent content individually, or the one or more displays can be combined to display a single content. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the one or more displays included in the display unit (405) can include physically separated multi-displays, can be physically combined multi-displays, or can be a display that can be used by dividing a single screen.

[0063] 5a and 5b are flowcharts of methods for providing a watch face according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0064] 5a and 5b, in the action of 501, the user terminal (110) may tag the NFC tag mounted on the strap by an NFC reader mounted on the user terminal (110), and may obtain NFC tag information through tagging. For example, the NFC tag information may be represented as a message or an NDEF (Nfc Data Exchange Format) message. Here, the NDEF message may include at least one NDEF record, and the NDEF record may include a header field, a type field, an ID field, and a payload field, but the header field, the type field, and the ID field may be omitted. At least one of the URL information and the unique identification information of the strap obtained by the user terminal (110) through NFC tagging may be included in the NFC tag information, and more specifically, may be included in different payload fields in the NDEF message.

[0065] In action 503, the user terminal (110) can transmit the NFC tag information acquired by tagging to the watch face providing server (130) in order to acquire a watch face that matches the strap. For example, the user terminal (110) can access a website where a watch face that matches the strap can be acquired based on URL information included in the NFC tag information, and the watch face providing server (130) can provide the user terminal (110) with information on a watch face that matches the strap based on the URL information.

[0066] However, when the watch face providing server 130 obtains the unique identification information of the strap together with the URL information from the user terminal, the watch face providing server 130 may subsequently execute the following action of determining the access authority. In this case, as shown in FIG. 5b, the action 504 may be added.

[0067] In action 504, the watch face providing server 130 can determine the access authority of the user terminal 110 based on the unique identification information included in the NFC tag information acquired from the user terminal 110. If the user terminal 110 has the access authority, the watch face providing server 130 can activate a website where a watch face matching the strap can be obtained and provide the website to the user terminal 110. However, if the user terminal 110 does not have the access authority, the watch face providing server 130 can not activate the website where a watch face matching the strap can be obtained. In other words, if a website where a watch face can be obtained is accessed using only URL information, not NFC tag information, the website is not activated and the watch face cannot be obtained.

[0068] The watch face providing server 130 may store information corresponding to the unique identification information included in the NFC tag information mounted on the strap in advance in a database for the above-mentioned action, and the watch face providing server 130 may compare the previously stored information with the unique identification information to determine the access authority of the user terminal. A more detailed description will be given below with reference to Figures 6a and 6b.

[0069] In the action of 505, if the above-mentioned website is activated by the watch face providing server 130, the user terminal 110 can obtain a watch face through the website, and the watch face providing server 130 can transmit information about the watch face. Here, the information about the watch face can include setting information for displaying the watch face on a display of a wearable device that can be connected to a strap. In other words, the information about the watch face can include not only an image of the watch face, but also information for displaying the watch face on a display of the wearable device.

[0070] In the action of 507, the user terminal (110) can set a watch face on the display of the wearable device paired with the user terminal (110) based on the information on the watch face acquired from the watch face providing server (130). For example, the user terminal (110) can transmit the information on the watch face to the paired wearable device, and the user can set the watch face based on the information on the watch face via the wearable device, but the user can also set the watch face of the paired wearable device based on the information on the watch face via the user terminal (110).

[0071] 6a and 6b are diagrams for explaining activation of a URL that provides a watch face according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0072] According to one embodiment, the watch face providing server (130) can activate a website corresponding to the URL information based on the unique identification information, and for this purpose can obtain an activation code corresponding to the URL information from a server database and compare the activation code with the unique identification information. Two methods can be provided for activating a website and providing a watch face, which will be described below with reference to Figures 6a and 6b, although both methods can be used together.

[0073] 6a, the unique identification information can be assigned to each strap, and the URL information can be set for each type of strap. That is, the NFC tag mounted on the strap can be assigned unique identification information for the corresponding strap, i.e., the corresponding tag, but since the same watch face can be provided for each type of strap, the URL information for providing the watch face can be assigned to the NFC tag for each type of strap.

[0074] The unique identification information may be extracted when coding the NFC tag attached to the strap and stored in the database, or may be input / set and stored in the database in advance. The watch face providing server (130) can compare the unique identification information stored in the database with the unique identification information from the NFC tag attached to the sold strap to determine the access authority of the user terminal.

[0075] For example, when the watch face providing server (130) obtains URL information from a user terminal, it can request unique identification information as a password on a website based on the URL information, and when it obtains both URL information and unique identification information from the user terminal, it can recognize the unique identification information as a password.

[0076] Thereafter, the watch face providing server 130 can obtain an activation code corresponding to the URL information from the database, and can determine activation of a website corresponding to the URL information by comparing the unique identification information and the activation code. In other words, if the activation code includes the obtained unique identification information, the website can be activated by the corresponding watch face request.

[0077] Referring to FIG. 6b, the unique identification information may be assigned to each strap or each type of strap, and the URL information may be set for each type of strap or may be set to the same URL for all straps.

[0078] When the watch face providing server (130) obtains the unique identification information and URL information from the user terminal (110), it can compare the activation code and unique identification information stored in the database. For example, the watch face providing server (130) can determine the access authority of the user terminal by checking the activation code corresponding to the unique identification information. Here, the server can store a plurality of individual URL information, and each individual URL information can correspond to an activation code and can be information pointing to a website where information on a watch face corresponding to each unique identification information or activation code can be obtained.

[0079] That is, the watch face providing server 130 can compare the activation code and the unique identification information to determine one of the individual URL information corresponding to the unique identification information of the strap, and can provide it to the user terminal 110, and the user terminal 110 can access a website based on the acquired individual URL information to acquire information on the watch face. Here, access to the website through the individual URL information can be indicated as activation of the website.

[0080] FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating actions taken when watch face re-request information is obtained according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0081] The following description may be applied when a user requests a watch face again using NFC tag information after a watch face has been provided based on NFC tag information. This prevents multiple users from tagging one strap and providing a watch face, and is also an action to re-provide a watch face when a genuine user requests a watch face again using NFC tag information for reasons such as replacing or initializing a user terminal or wearable device.

[0082] Referring to FIG. 7, in the action of 701, the user terminal (110) can transmit not only NFC tag information but also user information to the watch face providing server (130). The action of 701 can replace the previous action of 503, and the user information can be transmitted separately to the watch face providing server (130) after transmitting the NFC tag information. Here, the user information can include a user identification number, which can be indicated as a PIN (Personal Identification Number) number. In addition, the user information can include a unique ID and a password, etc., but these can be omitted.

[0083] In the action of 703, the watch face providing server 130 can register user information for the strap based on the user information and the unique identification information. That is, the watch face providing server 130 can register or save the user as the user of the strap by matching the unique identification information of the strap included in the NFC tag information with the user identification number.

[0084] In the action of 705, the other user terminal (150) can obtain NFC tag information by tagging the NFC tag of the strap, and can transmit the NFC tag information to the watch face providing server (130). That is, the other user terminal (150) can request a watch face by NFC tagging.

[0085] In an action of 707, the watch face providing server (130) can determine whether there is a history of a watch face being provided based on the unique identification information included in the NFC tag information, and the user can request an identification number from the other user terminal (150) to determine whether the user has already provided a watch face. In addition, in an action of 709, the other user terminal (150) can send a first identification number to the watch face providing server (130) in response to a request for the user identification number.

[0086] In the action of 711, the watch face providing server (130) can compare the acquired first identification number with the user identification number included in the user information, and in the action of 713, if the user identification number and the first identification number are the same, the watch face providing server (130) can determine that the other user terminal is a genuine user who previously provided a watch face, activate a website corresponding to the URL information included in the NFC tag information, and provide information on the watch face again. However, if the first identification number and the user identification number are different, the watch face providing server (130) can determine that the other user terminal is not a genuine user, and not activate a website corresponding to the URL information, nor provide information on the watch face.

[0087] The method according to the embodiments described in the claims or specification of the present disclosure may be implemented in the form of hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software. The method according to the embodiments may be implemented in the form of program commands that can be executed by various computer means, and may be recorded in a computer-readable medium, or may be implemented in a computer program stored in a computer-readable recording medium in combination with hardware.

[0088] In the case of a software implementation, a computer-readable storage medium may be provided that stores one or more programs (software modules). The one or more programs stored in the computer-readable storage medium may be configured for execution by one or more processors of an electronic device. The one or more programs may include instructions that cause the electronic device to perform a method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure or described in the specification.

[0089] Such programs (software modules, software) can be stored in random access memory, non-volatile memory including flash memory, read only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM), magnetic disc storage device, compact disc-ROM (CD-ROM), digital versatile discs (DVDs) or other forms of optical storage devices, magnetic cassettes, or in a memory configured as a combination of some or all of these. Also, multiple copies of each of the memory components can be included.

[0090] The program may be stored in an attachable storage device that can be accessed through a communication network such as the Internet, an Intranet, a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), or a storage area network (SAN), or a combination of these. Such a storage device may be connected to a device that executes an embodiment of the present disclosure through an external port. Also, a separate storage device on the communication network may be connected to a device that executes an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0091] In the above-described specific embodiments of the present disclosure, the components included in the disclosure are expressed in the singular or plural form according to the specific embodiments presented. However, the expressions singular or plural are appropriately selected according to the presented situation for the convenience of description, and the present disclosure is not limited to singular or plural components, and even components expressed in the plural form may be composed in the singular form, and even components expressed in the singular form may be composed in the plural form.

[0092] Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present disclosure, specific examples have been described, but it goes without saying that various modifications are possible within the scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of the present disclosure should not be limited to the described examples, but should be determined not only by the scope of the claims described below, but also by equivalents to the scope of the claims. [Explanation of symbols]

[0093] 110: User end 120: Wearable devices 121: Strap 130: Watch face providing server 131: Database 140: Network 150: Other user's device 210: Display module 220: NFC tag module 401:Memory 402: Processor 403: Communications Department 404: Input / Output Interface 405: Display

Claims

1. 1. A method for providing a watch face executed by at least one server, comprising: acquiring watch face request information from a user terminal based on URL (Uniform Resource Locator) information corresponding to the strap; providing information on a watch face that matches the strap to the user terminal according to the URL information; The URL information is obtained from an NFC tag mounted on the strap by an NFC (Near Field Communication) reader mounted on the user terminal; The information about the watch face includes setting information for displaying the watch face on a display of a wearable device connectable to the strap; A method for providing a watch face, wherein the wearable device is pre-paired with the user terminal.

2. obtaining a unique identification of the strap from the user terminal; the unique identification information is obtained from the NFC tag mounted on the strap by the NFC reader mounted on the user terminal; providing information on a watch face matching the strap according to the URL information to the user terminal; activating a website corresponding to the URL information based on the unique identification information; The method of claim 1 , wherein the user terminal obtains information on a watch face that matches the strap through the website.

3. The method for providing a watch face according to claim 2 , wherein the URL information and the unique identification information are included in different payload fields in tag information obtained from the NFC tag.

4. activating a website corresponding to the URL information based on the unique identification information, obtaining an activation code corresponding to the URL information from a database of the server; Activating a website corresponding to the URL information based on the activation code and the unique identification information.

5. activating a website corresponding to the URL information based on the activation code and the unique identification information, determining one of a plurality of individual URL information by comparing the activation code and the unique identification information; providing the determined individual URL information to the user terminal; The method for providing a watch face according to claim 4 , wherein the website is provided based on the individual URL information.

6. obtaining user information from the user terminal, the user information including a user identification number; registering user information for the strap based on the user information and the unique identification information; acquiring the user information based on the unique identification information when reacquiring the watch face request information from another user terminal after the information for the watch face is provided to the user terminal; obtaining a first identification number from the other user terminal; The method of claim 2 , further comprising: activating a website corresponding to the URL information based on the first identification number and the user identification number.

7. At least one processor; a memory for storing at least one command to be executed by the at least one processor; The at least one command is: The method is executed to obtain watch face request information from the user terminal based on uniform resource locator (URL) information corresponding to the strap; providing information on a watch face that matches the strap according to the URL information to the user terminal; The URL information is obtained from an NFC tag mounted on the strap by an NFC (Near Field Communication) reader mounted on the user terminal; The information about the watch face includes setting information for displaying the watch face on a display of a wearable device connectable to the strap; The wearable device is an electronic device that executes a method for providing a watch face and is pre-paired with the user terminal.

8. The at least one command is executed to obtain a unique identification of the strap from the user terminal; the unique identification information is obtained from the NFC tag mounted on the strap by the NFC reader mounted on the user terminal; The at least one command is executed to activate a website corresponding to the URL information based on the unique identification information; The electronic device for executing the method for providing a watch face according to claim 7, wherein the user terminal obtains information on a watch face that matches the strap through the website.

9. The electronic device for performing the method for providing a watch face according to claim 8 , wherein the URL information and the unique identification information are included in different payload fields in tag information obtained from the NFC tag.

10. The at least one command is: Retrieving an activation code corresponding to the URL information from a database of the electronic device; 9. An electronic device for performing the method for providing a watch face according to claim 8, further comprising: activating a website corresponding to the URL information based on the activation code and the unique identification information.

11. The at least one command is: determining one of a plurality of individual URLs by comparing the activation code and the unique identification information; providing the determined individual URL information to the user terminal; The electronic device that performs the method for providing a watch face according to claim 10 , wherein the website is provided based on the individual URL information.

12. The at least one command is: The method includes: obtaining user information from the user terminal, the user information including a user identification number; registering user information for the strap based on the user information and the unique identification information; When the watch face request information is reacquired from another user terminal after the information for the watch face is provided to the user terminal, the user information is acquired based on the unique identification information; obtaining a first identification number from the other user terminal; 9. The electronic device for performing the method for providing a watch face according to claim 8, further comprising: activating a website corresponding to the URL information based on the first identification number and the user identification number.

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